A new grain handling system has propelled Port of Immingham鈥檚 operations on, with last year鈥檚 volumes eclipsed ahead of the 海角视频鈥檚 harvest season.
The investment by Associated British Ports was introduced earlier this year, and features two metal plate bunds that can be set up on any quay or surface, making operations far more flexible alongside new mobile harbour cranes. Sanitised between vessel discharges, they meet requirements for handling products for human consumption.
This year the port has moved more than 137,000 tonnes, with an expectation of a busy season ahead as a large domestic surplus is exported. It is a 69 per cent uplift on 2022, when Immingham handled 81,000 tonnes.
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Simon Bird, Humber director for ABP, said: 鈥淭his is a great achievement in support of our customers, existing and new. It鈥檚 a cost-effective method of ensuring we can load on to any quay in inner dock. It鈥檚 a developed and proven capability for operations to receive and load human consumption grains, which is part of our key competitiveness.
鈥淭he Humber plays a strategic role in relation to export markets and our continued investment into infrastructure and equipment maintains our agility and resilience in keeping Britain trading.鈥
Ideally located for central and eastern England, with Lincolnshire regarded as Britain鈥檚 bread basket when it comes to the key crop, Immingham鈥檚 inner dock can take cargo vessels between 4,000 and 27,500 tonnes.
On average 250 lorries a day arrive direct from farms to quaysides, with the grain directly loaded, saving on storage costs.
